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Nicke asked this question about Cutting for Stone:
I've just started this book and there seems to be some hints that Mary Joseph Praise was raped before she arrived at Missing Hospital, or I could just be interpreting it wrong. Could someone clarify this for me, please?
Laurean Matron described Sister Mary Joseph Praise as having blood on the front of her habit near her genitals, when she arrived at Missing Hospital. She had …moreMatron described Sister Mary Joseph Praise as having blood on the front of her habit near her genitals, when she arrived at Missing Hospital. She had traveled from Aden. She'd only met Thomas Stone on the boat to Africa from India, when she almost fell onboard. He had helped her. She left him and went on to Aden where the nun, she was to meet, had died. Instead, she unfortunately encountered the khat dealer and was raped, probably repeatedly . She says it was unspeakable, and she then turned away from God. She then, with nowhere to go, went to Missing Hospital to Matron and Dr. Stone. That was 7 years before she delivered twins. She had fallen in love with Dr. Stone working as his assistant.
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Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author)
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